This article contains a full list of the 20 most accurate kickers in NFL history with at least 100 field goal attempts. Cameron Dicker has the most accurate field goal percentage (FG%) in the National Football League, hitting successful field goals 92.8% of the time during official games. Current stats are updated from Pro Football Reference (PFR) NFL field goal % career leaders.
On September 15, 2025, Dicker kicked his 100th career field goal attempt (successfully scoring his 94th career field goal) against the Las Vegas Raiders, officially making him the most accurate kicker in NFL history.
Evolution in accuracy Field goal accuracy in the NFL has steadily improved over time. At the beginning of the league's start in the 1920s, to the first Super Bowls in the 1960s, kickers' accuracy was between 40 and 55%. In the 1970s and 1980s, leading kickers typically converted around 70–75% of attempts. By the late 1990s through the 2000s, kickers' accuracy increased to around 80–85%. From the 2010s to 2020s, many of the league's most accurate kickers regularly hit the high 80% with some exceeding 90%. +Kicking accuracy by field goal distance from 1999 to 2025 20–25 yds25–30 yds30–35 yds35–40 yds40–45 yds45–50 yds50–55 yds55–60 yds60+ yds 1999–2003 97% 93%85%80%71%60%56%24%0% 2004–200899%93%88%85%77%68%57%41%13% 2009–201397%96%91%85%79%75%64%47%26% 2014–201899%96%94%89%84%73%67%58%23% 2019–202399%97%95%91%82%74%71%57%36% 2024–2025 99%95% 97% 90% 81% 69% 76% 64% 27% A 2015 article in FiveThirtyEight entitled "Kickers are Forever" found that kicker accuracy has increased over time, and there is a nearly perfect correlation between year and accuracy.
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+RankNameFG%Teams1 Cameron Dicker92.3%Philadelphia Eagles ()Los Angeles Chargers (–present)2 Eddy Piñeiro89.3%Oakland Raiders ()Chicago Bears ()New York Jets ()Carolina Panthers () San Francisco 49ers (–present)3 Justin Tucker89.1%Baltimore Ravens ()4 Brandon Aubrey88.1%Dallas Cowboys (–present)5 Harrison Butker88.0%Carolina Panthers (2017)Kansas City Chiefs (–present)6 Kaʻimi Fairbairn87.5%Houston Texans (–present)7Chris Boswell87.4%Pittsburgh Steelers (–present)8 Josh Lambo87.1%San Diego Chargers ()Jacksonville Jaguars ()Tennessee Titans ()9 Daniel Carlson86.7%Minnesota Vikings ()Oakland / Las Vegas Raiders ()New Orleans Saints (–present)10 Mike Vanderjagt86.5%Indianapolis Colts ()Dallas Cowboys ()11 Robbie Gould86.5%Chicago Bears ()New York Giants ()San Francisco 49ers ()12 Kai Forbath86.4%Washington Redskins ()New Orleans Saints ()Minnesota Vikings ()Jacksonville Jaguars ()New England Patriots ()Dallas Cowboys ()Los Angeles Rams ()13 Stephen Gostkowski86.3%New England Patriots ()Tennessee Titans ()14 Riley Patterson86.3%Detroit Lions ()Jacksonville Jaguars ()Detroit Lions ()Cleveland Browns ()New York Jets ()Cleveland Browns ()Atlanta Falcons ()Miami Dolphins (–present)15 Nate Kaeding86.2%San Diego Chargers ()Miami Dolphins ()16 Wil Lutz86.0%New Orleans Saints ()Denver Broncos (–present)17 Dan Bailey85.9%Dallas Cowboys ()Minnesota Vikings ()18 Jason Myers85.8% Jacksonville Jaguars (–)New York Jets () Seattle Seahawks (–present)19 Rob Bironas85.6%Tennessee Titans ()20 Matt Bryant85.6%New York Giants ()Indianapolis Colts ()Miami Dolphins ()Tampa Bay Buccaneers ()Atlanta Falcons ()
See also Field goal Placekicker List of longest NFL field goals
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